Industrial Light + Magic (Lucasfilm)

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) creates visual effects for the motion picture commercial production and attraction industries.

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) creates visual effects for the motion picture commercial production and attraction industries. The company has exposure in traditional arts of blue-screen photography, matte painting, model construction, development of motion control cameras, optical compositing, and other advances in effects technology. ILM has been awarded 15 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, received 26 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards, and was presented with the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 2004. Industrial Light & Magic was founded in 1975 by [George Lucas](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/george-lucas) and is based in California, United States. It operates as a division of [Lucasfilm](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lucasfilm).